by jeff | Sep 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Last week I wrote about dressing up like a bear and stealing ice cream. Little did I know how much that was going to come back and bite me. As some of you have pointed out, this is Fat Bear Week. And well, I sort of resemble a fat bear, even without the costume. ...
by jeff | Sep 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Twenty years ago this past week, my first novel, Trolley Dodgers was published. Since then, I’ve gone on to fame and fortune, had all my books turned into movies, and have a summer home on the Mediterranean Sea. Just kidding! None of that happened. Instead,...
by jeff | Sep 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
I was in Kohl’s this weekend and I had no idea they had changed their checkout system to a medieval torture maze to extract every last dollar from their customers. I’ve seen these before at places like At Home and Cost-Plus World Market. But Kohl’s has joined the...
by jeff | Aug 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
My life seems to be in array this week. There was disarray last week, for certain. Lots of contractors milling about, removing things, moving things and installing things. I flew to Alexandria, Virginia and back. And I discovered a new sport that should be in the...
by jeff | Aug 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
I want to be a madogiwa-zoku. Don’t worry, I don’t know how to pronounce it either. For the purposes of today’s story, we’re going to just call it the Mad Zoku. But trust me, this is my new destiny. It turns out, 49% of Japanese companies have a Mad Zoku. What’s a Mad...
